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The vegetarian a novel

"Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams--invasive images of blood and brutality--torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her...

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Main Author: Han, Kang, 1970-
Other Authors: Smith, Deborah, 1987- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Korean
Published: London ; New York : Hogarth, 2015.
Subjects:
Women > Fiction.
Vegetarians > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Korea (South) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > Korea (South).
Domestic fiction > Korea (South).
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Summary: "Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams--invasive images of blood and brutality--torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that's become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her but also from herself." -- jacket.
Item Description: Originally published in Korean as three separate novelettes and then compiled into a novel Ch'aesikchuŭija.
Physical Description: 188 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780553448184
0553448188
Author Notes: Han Kang was born on November 27, 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She is an author. Her novels in English include The Vegetarian and Convalescence. Her works published in Korea include A Convict's Love, Mongolian Mark, Fruits of My Woman, The Black Deer, Your Cold Hand, Breath Fighting, and Greek Lessons. She has received several awards including the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today's Young Artist Award, the Korean Literature Novel Award, and the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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